In collaboration with Feminist Majority Foundation and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, to increase law enforcement protection of abortion patients, providers and clinics, thereby reducing incidents of violence and service disruptions caused by threats of violence.
In collaboration with Feminist Majority Foundation and National Abortion Federation, to increase law enforcement protection of abortion patients, providers and clinics, thereby reducing incidents of violence and service disruptions caused by threats of violence.
To stop violence and intimidation against abortion providers, clinic staff and patients by using grassroots organizing to create a community environment more supportive of reproductive health care services.
To strengthen the infrastructure of state and local reproductive rights groups by providing financial resources, intensive training in grassroots organizing, and opportunities for networking within and across state lines.
To expand contraceptive insurance coverage by private insurers through research, advocacy, public education and litigation.
To raise the saliency of reproductive rights issues and identify strategic battlegrounds to build the power and effectiveness of the prochoice movement; and to define and expose immediate threats to reproductive health, and develop messages that build public support.
To demonstrate a comprehensive model for promoting emergency contraceptives (ECs), which includes increasing young women’s awareness, health care workers’ skills, and community support, that can be adapted for use in other communities.
To curb anti-abortion violence directed at the nation’s health care clinics and their personnel by encouraging strong law enforcement from federal, state and local agencies; by providing direct assistance to embattled clinics and organizing local support for them; by researching…
To obtain data needed by the Food and Drug Administration to approve making Plan B emergency contraception pills available without a doctor’s prescription.
To increase access to reproductive health services both in and beyond New York State with three inter-related projects: the Rural Provider Project, the Residency Training Initiative, and the Medicaid Managed Care Initiative. As the result of a national selection process,…